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Old 2009-10-10, 14:56   Link #163
Blackbeard D. Kuma
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While Hancock has been very impressive with her fighting abilities so far, a big part of the reason why she seems so powerful is because no significant character has actually attacked her yet. Smoker's main target in this war is Luffy, and his attempts to subdue him are constantly being thwarted by Hancock. Him being kicked and having his seastone jutte weapon destroyed only happened because he was caught off guard/wasn't focused on Hancock at all. I understand that Oda is trying to make Hancock look as formidable as the other warlords, but I think he could have handled this better. I want to see how she would fare when a competent fighter strikes her back. Unfortunately, this is probably not going to happen because Oda doesn't like to depict violence towards his female characters. Sadly, that makes his females always seem weaker, more fragile, and inferior in comparison to the males in this story.
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